This made my day today. Police pulled over a dalek outside DSEI, London's arms fair, scanned the QR code on its lanyard and were taken to my fake Royal Navy recruitment website - royalnavy.org.uk
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This made my day today. Police pulled over a dalek outside DSEI, London's arms fair, scanned the QR code on its lanyard and were taken to my fake Royal Navy recruitment website - royalnavy.org.uk
Hard feels today…✌🏽💜✊
I can’t stress how dead DC is right now. Walking down U Street before and after a movie on Labor Day weekend, and it’s about as close to a ghost town as it was during COVID.
At least 10 gun industry businesses, including Glock, Smith & Wesson, Remington and Mossberg, secretly handed over names, addresses and other data to lobbyists, who used the details to rally firearm owners to elect pro-gun politicians. By @coreygjohnson.bsky.social (Published Oct. 2024)
CALIFORNIA!!!!! Raise your hand if you are going to vote YES on Prop 50: The Election Rigging Response Act the second you get your ballot, which should be sometime late this month! 🙋♀️
The only evidence you leave of your visit to a place like this are the photos and memories you take home with you. Beyond that, leave these places as you have found them so that others can enjoy them in the same condition that you did.
Johnny Davis III' commute to school looks different this year.
Wow, I just had a senior moment. The weathercaster is talking about how cool it will be overnight, and I tried to remember how cold it was in my bedroom overnight. Except I didn't sleep in bed last night, I did an all-nighter at hospital. Oh yeah. 🤦🏻♀️
I actually wrote a piece of interactive theatre for a small con I'm doing next year, where an aggressive AI advocate has to be removed by security and they end up smashing his booth — but then this dingus went and did it in real life
That should be one hell of a tell, too.
When using Microsoft Word or Google Docs, don't just make text bigger and bolder to make it a heading. That will work for sighted users, but screen reader users will miss that and just hear it as normal paragraph text. Use actual heading styles, like level 1 through 6.
I wish the assholes had led by example, injecting themselves with bleach. Then they may not have been around to talk so much shit about science.
Never, ever did I believe that SCIENCE would be eliminated from the CDC & Department of Health. The suggestion for “injecting bleach” during the pandemic was a sign, but I was in denial. I can admit it.
The rest of the Old Guard Dem Congresspeople need to follow Nadler's example and pass the torch. Especially if they've held elected office of one sort or another since I graduated from high school in 1978.
Just thinking about the fact that the majority of people who had off work today (myself included) are people with a salary and a white collar job.
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You may have seen me talk about Namecheap, the company that hosts my websites and email. I just got an email reminding me that today is my 6th Nameaversary, as they call it. If you're looking for paid web hosting or email, you should check out Namecheap.com, even if they're not on Bluesky. Yet.
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1441 #RepublicanStatePredators OK State Superintendent of Public Instruction accused of displaying video of nude women on office computer during board meeting goppredators.wordpress.com/2025/09/01/1...
I'm still kicked back on the bed, and Chuck is curled up against my leg, sleeping. I'm going to hate to have to get up and go potty in a few minutes.
Michelle Obama: "please I'm begging you feed kids just one (1) vegetable" RFK: "some children deserve to die. there's a healthy way to eat deep fried burgers" Media: "these are the same, to me"
Day 224 REALITY CHECK: The election was highly compromised. There was a coup. The Supreme Court was the primary lever. Everything we have witnessed is TREASON. There’s no way out of this without MASS MOVEMENTS of the people. No one is coming to save us. We must rise up in peaceful revolution NOW.
It is just wild to me that the largest facility used during Japanese internment will now be used to intern immigrants from ICE raids, people who are disappeared by masked officers off the streets, and there is still a debate about whether naming and shaming those doing it is fair.
It's a freaking miracle! A federal judge issued an order about immigration and it was actually obeyed without going to the Supreme Court.
Indigenous people make up < 4% of our population. There have been 12 deaths in custody this year. Jewish people make up <.5% of our population. Thankfully none have died as a result of antisemitism. Where is our Special Envoy To Combat Anti-Indigenous violence and neglect, @albomp.bsky.social?
I’ve gotten to work with some of the best in my career and I’m really grateful! Good lettering makes a book sing!
Every slut has a pair of fuck me shoes, and gender is irrelevant.
A heroic and legal stand for the D.A. for the City of Philadelphia. A Blue city in a "Red" state.Basically saying that if ICEor any Federal Agents, or National Guard,try to illegally kidnap citizens, those agents or guardsmen will be arrested by local police. Nothing the First Felon can do. Love it!
Transphobes would have a lot less reach on here if everyone stopped arguing with them and quoting their posts to dunk on them, they don't give a rat's ass about your arguments and enjoy wasting your time.
Bike math is paying virtually nothing and getting a lot in return. Car math is selling your soul to waste your life in traffic and inhale kilograms of particulate matter.
How many treasonous acts have taken place in the past 224 days? THOUSANDS. We have watched TREASON on the daily 24/7 without delay or interruption. This won’t be changing. They MEAN to wear us down. They are highly effective. The only way through this is TOGETHER.
If you like good jazz music, point your browser to wwoz.org for Jazz at Jackson Brewery, which is on right now. #MusicSky #jazz #NOLA
I hate that folks didn't even consider how horrible it is to stack records like that. And they're not even in sleeves!
I'm very upset by how those 78s are stacked I would be surprised if the bottom dozen or so didn't get cracked
When I was an Amazon driver, holidays weren’t really holidays. Nobody gets paid holidays. If the holiday falls on a day that you’re regularly scheduled, you have to make up that day to get your regular weekly hours. Would it kill the company to give everyone real paid holidays? Happy Labor Day.
It’s a little weird to demand people vote for a candidate as a necessary lesser evil three years before you even know if they’re going to be the candidate
I wish people would stop blaming COVID mitigation policies for the acceleration of right wing extremism, and instead acknowledge the fact that we endured a mass casualty and mass disabling event that was mismanaged by narcissistic authoritarians who shifted the blame to marginalized communities
Starting today, 2.4M Americans, including kids, lose SNAP food benefits. Stores like Freshly’s Market in Mississippi that serve low-income communities expect a 35–45% drop in sales. Children will go hungry & employees at Freshly's lose jobs. Welcome to trickle-down starvation.
The problem isn’t refugees on boats. The problem is oligarchs hoarding obscene amounts of wealth while most people fight to stay afloat. Wages aren't tied to inflation, so the working class keeps falling behind no matter how hard they work.
RIP sir... a huge talent. "Graham Greene, a Canadian actor best known for his Oscar-nominated turn in the 1990 film “Dances with Wolves,” died on Monday in Toronto after a battle with long illness. He was 73."
We don't give Eric Clapton enough shit for being a truly godawful songwriter"love is lovely" it seems, man was mailing it in all the way
And Republican voters will still chant "USA! USA!" as if their electeds still upheld their oath to "support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic."
I got a rather late lunch (a fried chicken breast), so when it was dinner time, I gave Chuck his regular dinner and the last Fancy Feast Gem as an apology for being gone all morning. Then I crashed for about 2 hours. Damn, but that felt good.
Mind at school there was always some wee gadge hanging round with the bullies, laughing at their jokes in the hope they didn't target him?
When that happened to me, I acted like I was being questioned by a cop and kept my mouth shut. It's what they get for letting the delivery get borked.
This Labor Day (and all other days): Thank the workers who serve you. Appreciate the workers who care for you. Respect the workers who pick up your trash. Salute the workers who get you your mail. Honor the workers who teach your children. Pay all workers a living wage.
Alaska vowed to resolve the murders of Indigenous people. But when one nonprofit asked state law enforcement officials for a fundamental piece of data — a list of Indigenous murders they’d investigated — the state said no. By @kylehopkinsak.bsky.social, w/ @adn.com
Sorry, but I don’t think the Good Friday Agreement should be the main focus here. The European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms carries greater importance than other treaties. Indeed, the Good Friday Agreement makes the very point I’m making.
Men get so disappointed when they find out they're having a daughter because they realize they have to spend the next 18+ years protecting her from all the harassment they put so much energy into convincing other women doesn't exist.
this Labor Day, become a UMAW member 💪 weareumaw.org/membership
As we begin a new month, my law firm is litigation 51 voting and election cases in 25 states. 6 in Arizona 6 in Georgia 4 in Florida 4 in North Carolina 8 involve redistricting
Everyone who keeps telling us the Labour Party isn't institutionally transphobic owes every trans person in your life a tenner, minimum.
More than 250 news outlets around the world have signed onto an appeal that calls for the protection of Palestinian journalists in Gaza, and for press to have independent access to the territory.
Probably the reason people hate Boston is because they only get to celebrate one Christmas in December, but in Boston we get Allston Christmas, in September, too.
If you enjoy… Weekends Safe working conditions Retirement benefits Paid vacations Breaks at work Sick leave Paid holidays … then you’re part of the labor movement. Happy Labor Day.
This breaks both laws and conventions, but mostly is deeply immoral
I'm doing okay. I'm a bit on the tired side after practically pulling an all-nighter, but I'm making do. Chuck is a little upset at me for going out like that, but I have a special dinner for him tonight.
It turns out my neighbor slept in and didn't see the note, but Chuck has been fed now.
I don't think I've ever been so happy to be a homebody, because staying home this week is a damn good idea. 3/3
I have a follow-up in a week, but that week's going to be fun after something that happened in the ER. Again, I won't say what happened, but I'm damned glad the only thing I have to do this week is drop off my primary election ballot tomorrow and order more groceries on Wednesday or so. 2/3
I'm finally back home. It took about 4 hours to get me from the waiting room into the ER, and another few hours to get into a room, but part of that is because I crashed for a bit. I won't specifically say what prompted me to go to the ER, but it wasn't what I thought it was. 1/3
I'm still in the waiting room, and my nightly sleep meds that I took around midnight are definitely making me sleepy. Thank the Goddess I have a Doctor Who Magazine to read to help me stay awake.
🧵Spotted on the First Day of Spring in Aotearoa New Zealand: A Shetland pony stallion is prancing around a paddock while snorting and neighing his amorous intentions to a chestnut mare. He may be tiny but his adoration is MIGHTY. Spring's in the air and he's in the mood for BIG love. (1)
As a retired former DHS U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Supervisory federal officer, my advice to other federal officers is this... "A badge is not a license to dehumanize."
The ER is busy enough that I'm in the waiting room. Poor Chuck's probably wondering why Mum went out instead of going to bed. I left a note for my neighbour asking him to feed Chuck if the hospital holds on to me.
I'm starting Labor Day in the ER. I've been having some urinary issues, and as I was getting ready to call it a night, the situation got bad enough that I wasn't comfortable waiting for daylight to get it dealt with.
Oh yeah, I had forgotten about that. I use the Natural Yums as kibble toppers, and the Greenies serve as his twice-daily crunchy treats. That's in addition to his nightly Churu sticks in the evening.
Once I'm happy with the sheet music I've created (so far), I'm going to make a preview video of the song as MuseScore plays it, complete with the playback syncing with the music so folks can get an idea of how the lyrics fit into it all. 3/3 #MusiciansFriend
Tomorrow I need to fix the rhythm for the guitar in the pre-chorus and re-import the bass and drum charts into Ardour, but it may be time for me to buckle down and start laying down reference guitar and vocal tracks. 2/3 #MusiciansLife
This was a productive evening. I finished entering the lyrics for my song, including fixing some spots where the rhythm wasn't right. I also created the music for the harmony vocals and fixed a glitch in the drum solo. 1/3 #MusiciansLife
Have you tried the Friskies Party Mix with your cats? I've dropped the big tub of Party Mix Natural Yums several times, and it's never popped open. Although I suspect Chuck would wish it would come open.
Need this in #Massachusetts ASAP; our regulations are tied to CDC, apparently.
I. WANT. THIS. HOUSE!!!!!!
PINCH-HIT WALK-OFF HOMER? YES HE WILL. Credits to: @Dodgers #LosAngelesDodgers #DodgersNation
98% of those representing us in the LEGISLATIVE branch of government receive funding from the Israeli lobby. Yes. A staggering 523/535 of the combined US Reps & Senators of the PEOPLE are funded to support ISRAEL’s agenda. How is that a democracy?? This shit has BEEN dead.
“Let’s begin by saying that we are living through a very dangerous time.” So opens “A Talk to Teachers,” which James Baldwin delivered to a group of educators in October, 1963.
Wow, what an amazing evening! Thanks so much to everyone who came out to our SOLD OUT show at L.A.’s Fabulous Forum! You made my hometown show really special, and I’ll never forget it.
Occasionally the baby will forget what they are doing, stare into space, and then maybe idly scream into mid air. And I just know you all wish you could get away with doing that too.
Bonus video now on Nebula: debunking “they weren’t using the land” - a lie colonisers used to justify land left in the early US, which philosopher John Locke contributed to nebula.tv/videos/philo...
The nickname started out as an inside joke. Now, this pelvic floor therapist helps thousands of women.
Look, I just want a president who isn't at war with everyone and everything, everyday - but if he wants war, I expect the people who represent me in government to make it their business to fight it, vigorously, competently and unceasingly. Those are my thoughts on politics today in a nutshell.
Thank you to America's Catcher, Will "Captain Clutch" Smith, for a pinch hit walk-off home run to avoid the sweep by the Sneks and give the #Dodgers a 2-game lead in the NLW over the Friars! #mlb #ILoveLA
Rolling Stones Gimme Shelter just came on and once again I am ranting about how merry clayton would have had an adele level career at the least if those fools had had the guts to back the generational talent, what pipes, that voice is just a whole different level of incredible
People, please stop ruining my "he could be dead" party. Sure maybe JD can control a cult while being controlled by an in-fighting committee of trillionaire shadow POTUS bros. I don't think so. But even so, he'll still be very dead. Dead is good. We have to find joy where we can.
If you see this, post a chef
I really fuckin' hate Corbin Carrol. And Tanner Scott has cost Yoshi a possible win. Snaaaaaaaaal! HIsssssss!
oh, the way this wild and wounded heart calls the way it makes itself heavy with riddlings of silent hope what will it burst with when it finally falls? #poetry
People get really mad when you point out their "good" state does some of, not even necessarily as much as, the things that the "bad" states do
Reminder: Most mass shootings are carried out by cisgender men.
The Elders call this Buffalo Rock. They say it holds the spirit of Grandfather Buffalo, who watches over all of us. This stone rests at a healing site, where sweat lodge ceremonies are held. I felt honored when the Elder asked me to take this photo to help others remember to tread gently on earth.
The Leah Chase School, pictured in the preview, holds a special place in my heart. Back in the mid 60's it was the Lafayette Elementary school, and I was a kindergartner at the Lafayette school. #memories #NOLA
Join the more than 430,000 people who have signed up for Democracy Docket. Even better, join the 50,000 who help support the 20 person team by becoming a premium member! Free or premium, if you are not paying attention to the courts you are not paying attention to democracy. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
Illinois is currently exploring the possibility of purchasing Covid-19 vaccines in bulk straight from manufacturers to make sure everyone will still have access.
Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare. Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed. Getting big money out of politics. Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages. If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
Remember, it’s not antisemitic to be against a genocide. Good night x
I signed an open letter from economists supporting Fed independence & Governor Lisa Cook Letter: docs.google.com/document/d/1... Add your name by Monday: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!
As a Doctor Who fan who initially fell in love with the series in its Season 18 "prog rock concept album" Sci-fi Lullabies incarnation as steered by Christopher H. Bidmead, who recently passed away, I'd like to pay tribute to his visionary tenure with this wonderful quote from DWM #257 - 259:
If you have an America's Test Kitchen website subscription, they have a recipe for it. I can't vouch for its accuracy, but they have developed a recipe.
But then they can't bitch and moan about how unfair it is that other folks want to bake it and buy it. After all, it's all about them, right? 🙃